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Class Slides Set 15B The Upper Body

Class Slides Set 15B The Upper Body. Homosapien & Primate. Brachiation (from "limb" or "branch” to Erect Walking. Skeleton of a brachiator (gibbon). Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed ., p. 121. The upper body. Human skeleton ( Homo sapiens ) – bipedal hominid.

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Class Slides Set 15B The Upper Body

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  1. Class Slides Set15B The Upper Body

  2. Homosapien & Primate Brachiation (from "limb" or "branch” to Erect Walking

  3. Skeleton of a brachiator (gibbon) Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 121

  4. The upper body . . .

  5. Human skeleton (Homo sapiens) – bipedal hominid. Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 429

  6. Spine has become more massive and rigid, with fewer vertebrae . . .

  7. Humans developed an S-curved backbone (rather than one with a simple curve)

  8. Human vertebral column (lateral view). Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 243

  9. Chest has become wider and more barrel-like

  10. Modern human skeleton Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 429

  11. Shoulders have broadened

  12. Human skeleton (Homo sapiens) – bipedal hominid. Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 429

  13. Relatively longer necks have developed

  14. Modern human skeleton Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 223

  15. Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 190

  16. The arms and hands . . .

  17. The forelimbs of apes have become strengthened and elongated (relative to the length of the body)

  18. Homo habilis Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 240

  19. Modern human skeleton Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 223

  20. Gorilla Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 113

  21. Hands become more hand-like . . .

  22. Humankind Emerging, 7th ed., p. 174+

  23. Power grip – (“prehensility”) a grip involving all fingers of the hand equally, as in grasping a baseball

  24. Precision grip – (“opposability”) a grip that involves opposing the tip of the thumb to the tips of the other fingers

  25. Hand anatomy. Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 9th ed., p. 435

  26. Primate (Macaque) hand Understanding Physical Anthropology and Archaeology, 8th ed., p. 121

  27. Two-year-old Baboon The Primates, Time-Life (1974) p. 126

  28. Continue on to Set # 16A The Skull

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